Under the Dome
They Said It
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"It hogged the national spotlight on Sept. 7, but now everyone is free to wonder what
all the excitement was about. The Fighting Irish are … unranked. The Wolverines are still
unbeaten but looked so bad while beating lightweights Akron and Connecticut that they
have dropped from No. 15 to No. 19 in the AP top 25."
Yahoo Sports columnist Pat Forde on the early-season matchup
between Notre Dame and Michigan and how the two teams
have struggled after entering the season with high expectations
"It's one piece in this crazy Rubik's Cube we're trying to manage, but it's a helpful piece. We'll continue
I hope to do some of those where you can do them without a home-and-home element. So in that sense,
they're pretty valuable.
"We definitely want to return to Chicago. We definitely want to return to New York. And it's fun to
go to venues that add something to it — places like Fenway [Park], Yankee Stadium. The venue and the
city itself contribute to it." — Notre Dame athletics director Jack Swarbrick on future Shamrock Series
matchups (Chicago Tribune)
